An analysis of research activities into European U-Space operations by the SESAR JU between 2017 and 2020 has shown that collectively SESAR U-space research projects
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Author: Philip Butterworth-Hayes
“Commercial operations in unsegregated airspace – we see a clear route to get there in eighteen months.”
The lessons learned from delivery of medical supplies between hospitals in the UK and from the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority Sandbox research with detect and
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DroneShield, UTS announce new AI-based optical drone detection system
DroneShield and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have announced the development of new optical artificial intelligence (AI)- based drone technology to better identify threats
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Israeli researchers and industry increase counter-UAS capabilities
Arie Egozi reports on new research and industrial developments in Israel to increase anti-drone protection capabilities The attack by Iran on Saudi oil facilities in
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EASA updates its “Easy Access Rules for UAS” publication
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published the latest edition of its “Easy Access Rules for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Regulations (EU) 2019/947 and (EU)
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Belgium’s Aviatize to supply Malta with an IDRONECT national UTM platform
Transport Malta’s Civil Aviation Directorate (CAD) has selected the IDRONECT UTM platform created by Belgium’s Aviatize to manage all drone flights on the archipelago. According
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European U-space Demonstrator Network organises “COVID-19 lessons learnt” webinars
According to a statement from the European Network of U-space Demonstrators: “Current restrictions imposed across Europe due to COVID-19 have witnessed an enhanced need to
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European Network of U-space Demonstrators launches test centre survey
The European Network of U-space Demonstrators has identified a need to access information related to U-space test centres in Europe in order to connect seekers
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Results of European UAS Operational Survey published
By Peter van Blyenburgh ‘‘UAS OPS’’ & ‘’OPS RISK” jointly constitute a survey on drone operations [current and near-future (one to 2 two years)]and operations
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South Africa outlines its national UTM concept “as a subset of the ATM system”
By Jenny Beechener South Africa’s air navigation service provider ATNS presented a foundational Concept of Operations (ConOps) for its Unmanned Air Traffic Management (UTM) system
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